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A PLAN to build 30 houses on land in Pen dle Road, Clitheroe,’ is causing anxiety to peopl e w,ho l ive nearby.
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A p ro te s t petition
• planning permission sub mitted by Messrs J. R. Dewhurst, L. H. Even- thall and J. Jreibach. There have also been sev eral individual protests against the scheme. The applicants want to
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build the houses on land flanked by Pendle Road and a track to High Moor Farm, incorporating a partially filled lodge for
residents refer to the tre mendous increase in traf fic in Pendle Road since the bypass .was opened and say that more houses would make this worse;
residents said: “The speed limit on' Pendle
A spokesman for the
Road is supposed to be 30 m.p.h. but that is usually ignored by many drivers at the moment. Surely more cars in the vicinity will bring even greater danger.”
. that a suitable access road to the proposed development would join Pendle Road on a hazard
-The residents point out
ous stretch. They are also, very keen to preserve the "green belt” between Pendle Mill and some of their houses. The council’s Senior-
Planning Officer, Mr Bob Watson, said the applica tion would be considered by the Development Con trol Sub-Committee either next month or in early January.
CALDERSTONES LEADS WAY
Patients take up right to vote
THE submission of the names of more than 1,000 mentally handicapped resi dents of Calderstones for the next Ribble Valley register of electors has come as a surprise to the local authority. The move, unique
among north-west hospi tals for the mentally sub normal, means that resi dents will have the chance to vote in future council and Parliamentary elec tions for the first time in their lives. The hospital doors will
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Village ahead: slow
down!
IN an attempt to minimise the risk of runaway vehi cles through Waddington, lorry drivers from the fell quarries and other motor ists are being asked to slow down to 20 mph when approaching the village.
powers to enforce a speed limit, so it is doing the next best thing — erecting 20 mph request signs in the hope that drivers will co operate.
The parish council has no
the council erecting two crash fences at strategic points on the fell road. The ground in the vicinity of the barriers is soft and wagons in trouble will be able to stop easily.
Farmers have agreed to
for by Waddington Fell Quarries which has also asked i ts d r iv e r s to observe the speed limit through the village.
The work is being paid
ta l ’s divisional nursing officer, Mr Tony Stones, one important aspect is that it will help make politicians more aware of the. deprived lives many people lead in institutions. The pioneering step by
be open to candidates to canvass among the resi dents, who will also be eligible to stand for elec tion themselves. According to the hospi
misgivings about th e registration because many of the patients had a very low mental age. He had g rav e d o u b ts a b o u t whether they were physi cally and mentally capable of using the right to vote at polling oooths without out side help — which was not allowed, except for blind people. Officers at the polling
Mr Jackson said he had
cent of mentally handicap ped hospital residents are classed as informal or vol untary.
the hospital came as a bolt from the blue for the Rib ble Valley Council’s Chief Executive and Returning O f f ic e r , Mr Michael Jackson.
Register
the possible implications of having a very high propor tion of mentally sub normal people among the Ribble Valley electorate. As many of the residents
He is concerned about
stations in Whalley had; he said, experienced certain difficulties with those p a t ie n t s am ong th e “selected 110” who voted this year. Another cause for Mr
Jackson’s concern is the large number of mentally handicapped patients in the Ribble Valley area. “We are not talking
Skidding bus hits bridge wall
about 200 patients, we are talking about more than 2,000 if Brockhall is included in future lists. In relation to the total popula tion we have a situation which caii not be paralleled anywhere else in the country.”
have been at Calderstones for the greater part of their lives, they will vote in the Whalley polling dis trict, not in their home towns. The new names on the
Questioned
register will make a sig nificant difference to the numbers eligible to vote in Whalley. On the last regis ter it was 1,903, of whom only 110 were Calder
stones residents. Mr Jackson is not happy
that the hospital has regis tered so many residents as eligible to vote. He pointed out however, that from research of electorial law, mental capacity was not a bar. The only people over 18
tions this year many other residents asked why they were not able to vote, After much soul searching, we realised we were wrong to attempt to choose who should be allowed to vote.” Mr Stones continued:
responsible for the social education of the residents, said the 110 had been registered after a careful selection process within the hospital. “But following the elec
Mr S to n e s , who is
A RIBBLE bus was left hanging over the edge of E d i s f o r d B r i d g e , Clitheroe, when it skidded on thick ice on Saturday morning.
was completely demolished in the accident and tempor ary fencing has been erected. _
One wall of the bridge
Towers, of Holden Street, Clitheroe, and a passenger on the bus, the 7-30 a.m. from Clitheroe to Preston, were unhurt.
The driver, Mr Peter
as i t went over the bridge. The back end of the vehicle went into the wall and was left hanging precariously over the edge. The single-decker bus,has been repaired and is back on the road.
The bus skidded on ice
not allowed to vote are peers of the realm and people with mental disor ders who are compulsorily detained. Ninety-six per
“After all, no criteria is used outside the hospital . . . are we to test the I.Q. of everyone in the country and say that no one below a certain level of intelligence will be allowed to vote?" He added that some resi-
continued on page 15 away m a
THE sound of more than 20 pairs of knitting needles clicking away is a familiar one when the 1st Read Brownies gel together for their meetings.
knitting away in a good cause, making knee blan kets for the handicapped children at Calderstones Hospital; Whalley, who■ use wheelchairs. With a little help from
F o r the Brownies are
'spokesman said it would probably be well into the New Year before the bridge can be repaired.
A County Counci l Record
THIS year’s Whalley district poppy appeal ised a record £1,030,
real- and The Duchess
THE Duchess of Kent will not be coming to Clitheroe to open the new £lm Ribble Valley Council offices next year.
Chief Executive Mr
Michael Jackson told Tues day’s meeting of the coun cil the duchess had been unable to accept an invita-
Essential
service to maintain
THE Ribble Valley Coun cil was urged not to close public toilets when consid ering reductions in expen diture. Coun. Ted Boden (Chat-
burn) told the council meeting that to cut useful and essential services was wrong. '
against waste but I think it would be well near imposs ible to cut back on many of the services provided by the Public Works and Health Committee.” Coun. Boden added that
He said: “We are .all < ,
he was not, however, against the closing of the public conveniences at the rear of the Brown Cow, Chatburn, which were not used very often. A policy on public toilets
tion by the Policy and Resources Committee’s because her programme for a visit to the area .was already crowded.
Fell, felt sure most mem bers would be sorry a visit to Clitheroe was not poss ible, but Coun. Bob Ains worth, the Clitheroe Town Mayor’s reaction was “wonderful”.
The Mayor, Coun. J.
Clitheroe member, Coun. Mrs Beryl Cassidy said she would still like the duchess to visit the town.
Howeve r , a n o t h e r
been d is tre s s in g and emb a r r a s s i n g for a member of the Royal Fam ily to be associated with such a controversial pro ject, but "perhaps she could come for a much more worthwhile occasion, such as the opening of the Upbrooks Estate,” she said.
“I’m sure it would have
will not be decided until the council considers a report from the Borough Treasurer on local author ity current expenditure.
cause
(Clitheroe) suggested the opening of the offices could now be combined with the annual mayor making cere mony “to save money”.
Coun. Pet er Nuttall
Offices change
opposed CL I THE ROE Town Council’s planning commit tee wants the site of the temporary, offices in Prin cess Avenue cleared as originally, agreed when ini tial planning permission was granted. At present they are used
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mums and grandmas, the Brownies have completed „ two colourful blankets and hope to knit three more before they take .them to Calderstones. ,
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THE lads of Whalley Parish Church Choir boys’ football team are in a happy mood as they hoist their manager Anne Day up high.
ters’ way of saying “well done” after Anne became only the fourth woman in the country, and, it is thought, the first in Lan cashire to win a prelimi nary FA coaching badge.
This was the youngs
lands, Wiswell Lane, Whalley, also acts as coach and trainer to the side and puts the players through their- paces every Saturday morning. Delighted by her suc
Anne (22), of Wood
just to leave things as they stand,” said Anne. “If I did not press on and try for the top award I would be letting myself down.”
“I’ve not gone this far
cess, Anne is now shoot ing for the top. She has written to the Football Association for a place on one of its. two-week courses in the New Year with the intention of gaining the full qualifica tions.
Anne, an office clerk, had to pass tests involving her playing ability and coaching techniques. There was also a written examination about th e ' laws of the game.
To win the badge,
sional footballers take the course and not all of them pass, as it is quite tough,” she said.
“Quite a few profes
ball fanatic for years, first through television and then watching her older brothers, Geraint (24) and Andrew (19) play.
found “ between the sticks,” as goalkeeper for
On Sundays she can be
.Bronte Ladies, current champions of th e i r North-West League. A host of other honours have come Anne’s way while she has been with the side, including win ning the national five-a- side tournament and a competition that was held in Benidorm. Anne is also a diehard
Anne has been a foot
“Claret” and has not mis sed any of Burnley FC’s home matches this sea son. Her other connec tions with Turf Moor include helping to train some of th e c lu b ’s youngsters at midweek sessions at the ground, and being secretary of the Ribble Valley branch of the Burnley Suppor ters’ Club. Away from the football
field, Anne’s other sport ing interests include bad minton and tennis. Last year she won a mixed doubles tournament at Whalley Tennis Club.
Last post
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Of f ice officials were pleased that the box had been bought by a local authority.
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